GRANBY — A public hearing to discuss a special permit for a controversial proposal for a gravel pit on Trompke Avenue was postponed Tuesday evening due after the applicant and representatives reported that three of them were too ill to attend the meeting.

Neil Jackson, representing applicant LJ Development, came before the Select Board to inform them that one member of the applicant team had a heart attack, another is very ill and the lawyer representing the applicants is sick with COVID. Without all the applicants or legal aid, the board agreed to continue the meeting to a later date, which will be decided at their next meeting on Sept. 9.

“I think it’s important that you have your legal representation and that the applicant is here as well,” Select Board Chair Crystal Dufresne said.

The Select Board informed the applicant, representation of the Trompke gravel pit abutters attorney John McLaughlin and Select Board Special Council Adam Costa that the tentative date will be Sept. 26, with Oct. 3 as a backup date.

“My suggestion would be to continue (the hearing) until next meeting,” Select Board Member Glen Sexton said. “That way we can set a date for our next meeting so we’re not guessing what day it will be. The last thing I want to do is to set a date for the (Sept. 26) to find out it’s not going to work for somebody.”

McLaughlin, from Green Miles Lipton in Northampton, asked the board if they had received the title and easement search or the noise study that the board requested at the last public hearing in spring. Dufresne said she had not seen either study.

“I would ask that the applicant put this in writing so we at least have a written record that they requested (the continuation), so we don’t have any issues about delays,” McLaughlin said. “We want to make it clear that the applicant needs more time.”

Emilee Klein can be reached at eklein@gazettenet.com.